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Blogging to Be Seen and Heard for Your Bed and Breakfast

July 13th, 2020 by Eben Viens

We all want to be recognized for who we are.  Blogging for your bed and breakfast helps you to be seen and heard out there in the internet ether. “As a small business, your content strategy is the key to getting yourself seen. It drives traffic to your site, increases conversions, and strengthens your brand.” […]

Pop-Up Dinners at Your Bed and Breakfast

June 27th, 2017 by Eben Viens

Ever thought of doing Pop-Up dinners at your bed and breakfast? If you love fun food experiences, this is a great way to express that love. It is also another way to expose your Inn to a wider audience. In addition it is an opportunity to invite your community, business friends, and locals to your […]

What is a Casa Particular?

March 17th, 2016 by Eben Viens

Recently Rick and I with a mix of innkeepers and a few ‘civilians’ travelled as a group to Cuba. We travelled through a People to People Exchange Program with the T.R.E.E. Institute. This is a charitable organization that “promotes better quality of life for all humanity through an understanding of plants and their role in […]

Bed and Breakfast-Experiential Travel

January 28th, 2015 by Eben Viens

    It’s the new buzz phrase and it has caught on big time. Once again the focus is on the millennial and their travel wants and needs. Despite what the studies and media are putting out there the generation gap may not be that wide. We all want an exceptional experience when we travel. […]

Thanksgiving Pie-For Breakfast?

November 26th, 2013 by Eben Viens

On the subject of pie. Thanksgiving pie may be on your mind, fresh from your oven or your local bakery. But pie for breakfast? Many of you Yankee innkeepers, transplanted or native, may have heard this dity. To foreigners, a Yankee is an American. To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner. To northerners, a Yankee […]

Love is in the Air

February 13th, 2013 by Eben Viens

February is for lovers…such a familiar line for every bed and breakfast that offers a Valentine’s Day special for the entire month or for the Valentine’s Day weekend. Chocolate covered strawberries, champagne and red roses and that special breakfast. Romance and s__ that’s what you sell! But what about love? I find this a good time of year […]

Norman T. Simpson – Country Inns and Back Roads

January 10th, 2013 by Eben Viens

Once upon a time there was a man by the name of Norman T. Simpson. He travelled the roads of our vast country and wrote of the unique country inns he visited. He talked with the innkeepers and the guests and quoted their words of wisdom and advice. His comments were light hearted and full […]

V is also for VALUE-with a Bed & Breakfast

September 3rd, 2012 by Scott Bushnell

Mark Orwoll, International Editor of Travel + Leisure was interviewed this morning by CBS Morning Show who spoke to the hidden fees that surprise hotel travelers…and often cause that debate with the hotel front clerk that is uncomfortable for the guest and annoying for the clerk. According to Mr. Orwoll, and due to the economy slump starting […]

First Days of Innkeeping

July 16th, 2012 by Eben Viens

‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’, advice we hear frequently. But with new innkeepers starting off in the height of the season that small stuff can seem awfully BIG. Many of you may recall your first jittery days as innkeepers and can look back with a nostalgic chuckle or two. We received a very expressive email […]

Guest Complaints:Face to Face or Facebook

June 25th, 2012 by Eben Viens

Remember William Buckley Jr., the conservative political commentator and author? He had a command for the English language unlike no other. Here is what he wrote in an essay about why people don’t complain face to face. “…we are all increasingly anxious in America to be unobtrusive, we are reluctant to make our voices heard, […]

Comic Relief

May 22nd, 2012 by Eben Viens

We all need to laugh sometimes or a great deal. Rick and I are fortunate to have a brother-in-law who makes us laugh a lot. Just before we bought our bed and breakfast we were staying with my sister and brother-in-law over the holidays. We were presented with the following on our departure. We still laugh out loud whenever we […]

L is for Les Clefs d’Or – Keys of Gold

April 25th, 2012 by Eben Viens

The professional concierge organization, Les Clefs d’Or, has been around since 1929 and you may have known or guessed, was formed in France. The crossed golden keys a member earns is quite prestigious, there are only 650 in the United States and about 3500 worldwide. The organization is strictly a hotel service organization. Sorry, no […]

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